Collection: Adult Fiction

Libertus attends a society wedding as his patron's representative, but before the ceremony can begin the father of the bride is discovered dead - poisoned - after testing the wedding wine. His investigations uncover hidden tensions in the house and when another guest is found murdered, events tak...

Centerville is known for tradition and strong family ties but one night it becomes known for something unspeakable when a hunter is found dead in the woods, stripped to his skin. When two more woodsmen are found murdered, paranoia rules and friend turns against friend, and survival depends on ins...

On the face of it being immortal & being able to be anything you want sounds pretty cool. But it's not all fun & games. Somehow succubus Georgina Kincaid has ended up helping to plan her ex-boyfriend Seth's wedding. As if that wasn't bad enough, she's started having strange dreams, dreams that do...

The vampire Lestat is snatched from this world to face his most extraordinary adversary yet. Memnoch, the Devil, takes him on a tour of Creation, and Lestat confronts the realms of Heaven and Hell.

First published in France in 1967, this book consists of three short novellas on the theme of women's vulnerability - the first, to the process of ageing, in the second the loneliness, and, in the third, to the growing indifference of a loved one.

Eugene wants to get on in the world. So he has come to Paris, where the streets teem with chancers, criminals and social climbers. He sees a plan to make a fortune: the two beautiful women who come at night to visit the lonely old lodger Goriot. Could they bring him the status and acceptance he c...

The second adventure in R. Scott Bakker's fantasy series continues the story of the Holy War on its inexorable march southwards. But the suspicion begins to dawn that the real threat comes not from the infidel, but from what lies within.

The discovery in an antique bureau of two old photographs, one of a large house, the other of three teenage girls in Edwardian dress, puzzles Lucy Armitage & sends her off on a quest with expert Ben Manton to find their origins. Together they visit Rookhurst Hall, the large house in the photo, bu...

A client, who was adopted, asks Precious Ramotswe to trace her biological family. But will her searches bring happiness or something rather different, something rather frightening?

Student glass magician Opal Cowan's newfound ability to steal a magician's powers makes her too powerful. Ordered to house arrest, Opal dares to defy her imprisonment, travelling to the Moon Clan's lands in search of Ulrick, the man she thinks she loves. 'Thinks' because she is sure another man h...